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10/27/10(Wed)04:26 No.20813864http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Are_Little_Boys_Made_Of%3F
Here is a representative modern version of the lyrics:
What are little boys made of? What are little boys made of? Frogs and snails And puppy-dogs' tails, That's what little boys are made of.
As would be expected given its status in popular tradition, the rhyme appears in many variant forms. For example, other versions may describe boys as being made of "slugs", "snakes", or "snips", rather than "frogs" as above.
In the earliest known versions, the first ingredient for boys is either "snips" or "snigs", the latter being a Cumbrian dialect word for a small eel. |